In New Hampshire, Stacie Laughton has made her resignation official, according to the Huffington Post.
Laughton was the first out transgender person in the nation to be elected as a state representative, but said she would resign after her criminal record became public. Laughton later said she would reconsider resigning, but then ceremoniously signed her letter of resignation on camera at the Access Nashua cable access TV station.
Laughton initially decided to leave office after it was revealed that she had served four months in the Belknap County House of Corrections following a 2008 credit-card fraud conviction, the Post reported.